Fence construction.



S. R. JOHNSON. FENUE UDNSTBUTION. ArrLIoA'Mon FILED 116.113, wos.

Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

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FENCE CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented-March 23, 1909.

Application lled August 18. 1908. Serial No. 449.061.

To all whom "it may conn/rn lle it known that l, Srinrics'rm li. Joux sox. a citizen of the United States, residing at lllinston, in the county oi .Daviess and State of Missouri, hare invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence Construction: and l do hereby declare the following to be a full. clear. and exact dcscription of the invention. such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to malte and use the same.

y intention relates to new and useful inn'wovements in fence construction and my object is to provid:` means for securing a metallic post to a concrete or other torni of base.

A further object is to provide means for securely bracing the post throughout the length of the line of fence.

further object is to provide means for swnring a guard wire at the upper ends of the post and a still further object to provide means for securing woven wire to the post.

(lther objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and more particu larly pointed out in the claim.

.ln the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application, Figure l is an elevation of a section of the fence, showing the woven wire secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail View of a corner post and brace therefor, and. Fig. 'l is a sectional View as seen on .line 3 3. Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, l indicates my improved form of post. which is preferably constructed from sheet metal and is formed by doubling the strip of metal upon itself and providing the portions so folded with flanges 2, said` flanges being formed alongl the edges of the strip and extended from the lower end of the post to a point near the upper end thereof. The lower ends of the folded sections of the post are separated to form a substantially V-shaped terminal, said separated portions being seated in channels 3 in the post base 4f, said channels being formed on opposite faces of the base and are inclined to coincide with the inclination of the lower ends of the post-forming sections.

The base 4 is preferably formed of coni crete or other plastic material and the lower portion thereof is seated in the earths i lsurface. while that port-ion containing the channels 3 is extended above the earths surface and inorder to secure the post to the base` a bolt 5 is introduced through the two sections of the post and that portion of the base between the channels.

The posts are braced against lateral strain by means of brace bars 6, which bars are substantially U-shaped and the closed ends thereof are secured together in any pre-A ferred manner at a point midway between the posts. the extended ends of the brace being given a quarter turn and are secured to their respective posts by means ot' bolts or the like T, the upper end sections of the brace bars engaging the postsl at a point above the ends of the flanges 2. while the lower ends of the brace bars are entered between the separated ends of the post sections. as best shown in Fig. 2 and if preferred. a hanger 8 may be introduced and secured between the closed ends of the brace bars, tbc upper end of the hanger being secured to a base rail 9 extending longitudinally of the line of fence. The rail`9 is placed over the end 0f the upper sections of the brace bars and the bolts employed for securing the upper ends of the base bars to the posts. are also introduced through the rail, thereby forming a rigid brace for the post and holding the saine against lateral movement.

One of the brace bars for the corner post constructed sli htly different-ly from the remainder of the )race bars, in that. the bar is extended from one face of the post and the ends thereof are not given the quarter turn, as in the other braces and the end of the lower section instead of being introduced between the separated portions of the lower end of the post, is secured to the bolt on the outer face of one of the separated sections, this feature being clearly shown in Fig. 2.

To prevent. stock from pushing and in juring the brace rail 9 and other parts of the fence construction, a guard 10 is stretched along the line of fence and secured adjacent the upper end of the posts in any p preferred manner, as by means of staples y l1, said guard being preferably constructed of heavy wire and in some instances may be provided with barbs (not shown), if so desired. The body of the fence is preferably 1 formed of a continuous strip of Woven wire 12 at the upper and lower edges of which 

